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Find Your Perfect Breed Dog
This Dog Breed Test from Animal Planet is my favorite test as it give you pictures of the dogs suitable for you as you go through each question. As you answer each question - for example "How often can you play with your dog?" the number of pictures of dogs is reduced and they are all so cute!! By doing this it educates you as you go along as to why each dog would or would not be suitable for you.

Dog Years Calculator
Are you treating your dog right for it's age? The years go by quickly sometimes we forget they may be 70 in human years!!! Try our Dog Years Calculator and find out!

- Detailed histories and descriptions of each breed detected in your dog's ancestry

- An adult genetic weight prediction

- Recommended food and feeding guide for your mixed breed dog

Optimal Selection™ Genetic Breeding Analysis - For Breeders
Optimal Selection is a tool to help breeders choose more optimal pairings by using cutting edge genetic technology to look beyond pedigrees, examine the chromosomes of potential breeding matches, and make more educated selections. The primary objective of Optimal Selection is to help breeders make better breeding decisions based on science.

Wisdom Panel Mixed Breed DNA Test Kit:
Probably the easiest to use as only requires you to collect a sample from inside the dogs cheek rather than a blood test. You buy the kit and then mail it to the laboratory in the postage-paid envelope and receive the test back within 3 weeks.

Wisdom Panel Mixed Breed is a simple DNA test that helps reveal the breeds in a dog’s ancestry. Finding out a dog’s breed makeup does more than just satisfy curiosity. With knowledge of the breed mix, including physical and behavioral traits, you can work with a veterinarian to develop a more targeted care plan for your dog. This one-time investment helps owners feel confident they are providing their dog with the best care possible.

Do You have Pets?
What will happen to your pets in a disaster? Try the Humane Society Disaster Preparedness Quiz and see if you are ready.

Is your Dog a Mutt, Mongrel, Hybrid, Crossbreed, A Bitsa?

Why would you want to know - besides curiosity I mean? It can help you to understand their behaviors - digging, herding, barking? It can also help you to know what diseases your dog will be susceptible to, what kind of training would suit your dog and what kind of exercise and nutrition your dog needs, what weight they should be. If you want to breed your dog find out about their potential mates! Get a Mixed Breed Identification DNA Test and find out!!!

About Dogs

The dog is a mammal in the order Carnivora. Dogs were domesticated from wolves as recently as 15,000 years ago, or perhaps as early as 100,000 years ago based upon recent genetic fossil and DNA evidence. New evidence suggests that dogs were first domesticated in East Asia, possibly China, and the first peoples to enter North America took dogs with them from Asia. Genetic research has identified 14 ancient dog breeds, with the oldest being the Chow Chow, Shar Pei, Akita Inu, Shiba Inu and Basenji. Because many of the 14 breeds are associated with China and Japan, the theory that the dog originated in Asia seems to be likely. Over time, the dog has developed into hundreds of breeds with a great degree of variation. For example, heights at the withers range from just a few inches (such as the Chihuahua) to roughly three feet (such as the Irish Wolfhound), and colors range from white to black, with reds, grays (usually called blue), and browns occurring in a tremendous variation of patterns.

Dogs, like humans, are highly social animals and this similarity in their overall behavioral pattern accounts for their trainability, playfulness, and ability to fit into human households and social situations. This similarity has earned dogs a unique position in the realm of interspecies relationships. The loyalty and devotion that dogs demonstrate as part of their natural instincts as pack animals closely mimics the human idea of love and friendship, leading many dog owners to view their pets as full-fledged family members. Conversely, dogs seem to view their human companions as members of their pack, and make few, if any, distinctions between their owners and fellow dogs. Dogs fill a variety of roles in human society and are often trained as working dogs. For dogs that do not have traditional jobs, a wide range of dog sports provide the opportunity to exhibit their natural skills. In many countries, the most common and perhaps most important role of dogs is as companions. Dogs have lived with and worked with humans in so many roles that their loyalty has earned them the unique sobriquet "man's best friend" Conversely, some cultures consider dogs to be unclean. In some cultures, certain types of dog may be used as food.

Top 173 dog breeds in the U.S.

Top 173 Most Popular Dogs in the U.S. and their Famous Dog Counterparts

What are the Most Popular Dogs in the U.S.?

According to dog registration statistics collected by the American Kennel Club these are the most popular dogs in the U.S.

2. German Shepherd Dogs
A highly intelligent dog the German Shepherd is devoted and faithful and an excellent working dog. Wary of strangers and protective of the family. Needs regular exercise and brushing. Famous Counterpart: The Original Rin Tin Tin starred in 27 Hollywood Films

3. Beagles
A great dog with kids, needs companionship as it was bred as a pack hunter. Gentle, tolerant and playful especially if given regular exercise. Enjoys the outdoors and trails and likes to howel.Famous Counterpart: Beloved Snoopy from the cartoon stip Peanuts by Charles M. Shultz

4. Golden Retrievers
This dog needs mental and physical stimulation so enjoys dog training and playing games such as retrieving objects. It is a devoted and obedient friend and great family dog. Needs daily exercise and human interaction.Famous Counterpart: Speedy from The Drew Carey Show is a Golden Retriever

5. Yorkshire Terriers
Despite its small size it can be agressive towards strange dogs and small animals and may bark a lot. Inquisitive it enjoys adventure and likes to keep busy. Needs to live indoors and go for short walks. Hypo-allergenic.Famous Counterpart: Supermodel Miranda Kerr and her favorite companion Frankie the Yorkshire Terrier can be seen walking the streets of NYC together

6. Bulldogs
Excellent with children, rather mellow and friendly and usually good with other pets. Likes to please but has a stubborn streak. Can't swim and only suitable for short walks. Can't swim. Folds in the face need to be cleaned daily. Famous Counterpart: Hector from Looney Tunes

7. Boxers
Great for an active family it is playful, outgoing and attentive. Obediant but can be stubborn and makes a good watchdog. Likes to run and enjoys the outdoors and the house but feels the heat.

8. Poodles
Poodles are excellent with children and playful and full of life. They are obedient and one of the smartest dogs but are wary of strangers. Need daily walks and enjoys swimming. Needs daily brushing. Hypo-allergenic. Famous Counterpart:Marilyn Monroe received a poodle as a gift from Frank Sinatra. She named it Mafia.

9. Dachshunds
They like to join in family activity and are good with children in their family but may snap or be reserved with strangers. Curous they like to hunt and dig. They can be exercised with games in the yard and moderate walks.

10. Rottweilers
They are popular for their ability to protect and tend to be domineering and wary towards strangers. If the family is being threatened may be overly protective. Is sometimes known to try and "herd" children.

11. Shih Tzu
This small dog is affectionate and good with children. Gentle but lively this dog enjoys playing. It does have a stubborn streak and can be quite tough. Needs short daily walks. Dislikes hot humid weather. Famous Counterpart:Nicole Ritchie's Shih Tzu Honeychild

12. Miniature Schnauzers
A playful good companion, well mannered and good with children. May chase other animals. Clever, inquisitive but sometimes stubborn and may bark a lot. Needs moderate walks and plays in the yard. Hypo-allergenic.

13. Doberman Pinschers
An intelligent and capable guard dog and protective of family the dog likes to please its owner. Needs daily physical and mental stimulation otherwise it may become destructive. Likes to share the family home.

14. Chihuahuas
This tiny dog is highly devoted to a single person and reserved with strangers. Some are bold and protective and others are timid. An indoor dog dislikes the cold but enjoys going on outings.

15. German Shorthaired Pointers
This active dog likes to hunt and may become frustrated if not given enough mental and physical stimulation. May be aggressive with small pets and too boisterous for small children but a devoted family dog.

16. Siberian Huskies
A good social household dog that thrives on companionship from humans or other dogs but may chase cats and livestock. Fun-loving and mischievious some like to dig, chew and howel.

17. Pomeranians
A small dog with a friendly temperament the Pomeranian is obedient and good with children. It is friendly towards strangers and other pets. Needs to live indoors but requires daily walking and mental stimulation.

18. French Bulldogs
Playful and entertaining for the family, sweet and friendly. This dog likes clowning around as well as cuddling and napping. Only needs a short walk. Dislikes hot humid weather and can't swim. Snores and wheezes!

19. Great Danes
Good with children although its size may may overwhelm small children. A relaxed easygoing manner is friendly towards other pets. Responds well to training and needs daily training and part of time indoors. Famous Counterpart:Scooby Doo from the cartoon Scooby Doo by Hanna Barbara

20. Shetland Sheepdogs
An obedient fast learner this dog is devoted to and attached to its family. Great with kids it enjoys companionship but may be reserved with strangers. Intelligent, sensitive and a fast learner.

21. Cavalier King Charles Spaniels

22. Boston Terriers

23. Maltese

24. Australian Shepherds

25. Pembroke Welsh Corgis

26. Pugs

27. Cocker Spaniels

28. Mastiffs

29. English Springer Spaniels

30. Brittanys

31. Havanese

32. Weimaraners

33. American English Coonhounds

34. Bernese Mountain Dogs

35. West Highland White Terriers

36. Collies

37. Vizslas

38. Papillons

39. Bichons Frises

40. Bullmastiffs

41. Basset Hounds

42. Miniature Pinschers

43. Newfoundlands

44. Rhodesian Ridgebacks

45. Border Collies

46. Chesapeake Bay Retrievers

47. Akitas

48. Bloodhounds

49. St. Bernards

50. Chinese Shar-Pei

51. Bull Terriers

52. Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers

53. Shiba Inu

54. Scottish Terriers

55. Airedale Terriers

56. Portuguese Water Dogs

57. Whippets

58. Alaskan Malamutes

59. Cairn Terriers

60. Australian Cattle Dogs

61. Chinese Crested

62. Lhasa Apsos

63. English Cocker Spaniels

64. Pekingese

65. Italian Greyhounds

66. Dogues de Bordeaux

67. Cane Corso

68. Chow Chows

69. Samoyeds

70. Irish Setters

71. Great Pyrenees

72. American Staffordshire Terriers

73. Dalmatians

74. Belgian Malinois

75. German Wirehaired Pointers

76. Staffordshire Bull Terriers

77. Brussels Griffons

78. Japanese Chin

79. Irish Wolfhounds

80. Border Terriers

81. Cardigan Welsh Corgis

82. Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs

83. Bouviers des Flandres

84. Old English Sheepdogs

85. Silky Terriers

86. Tibetan Terriers

87. English Setters

88. Afghan Hounds

89. Norwich Terriers

90. Flat-Coated Retrievers

91. Standard Schnauzers

92. Wirehaired Pointing Griffons

93. Basenjis

94. Gordon Setters

95. Giant Schnauzers

96. Norwegian Elkhounds

97. Parson Russell Terriers

98. Keeshonden

99. Welsh Terriers

100. Wire Fox Terriers

101. Toy Fox Terriers

102. Borzois

103. Leonbergers

104. Finnish Lapphunds

105. Schipperkes

106. Cesky Terriers

107. Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers

108. Belgian Tervuren

109. Black and Tan Coonhounds

110. Neapolitan Mastiffs

111. Anatolian Shepherd Dogs

112. Bearded Collies

113. Smooth Fox Terriers

114. Tibetan Spaniels

115. Pointers

116. American Eskimo Dogs

117. Salukis

118. Belgian Sheepdogs

119. Manchester Terriers

120. Norfolk Terriers

121. Australian Terriers

122. Tibetan Mastiffs

123. Spinoni Italiani

124. Kerry Blue Terriers

125. Briards

126. Redbone Coonhounds

127. Miniature Bull Terriers

128. Black Russian Terriers

129. English Toy Spaniels

130. Welsh Springer Spaniels

131. Petits Bassets Griffons Vendeens

132. Irish Terriers

133. Clumber Spaniels

134. Bedlington Terriers

135. Lakeland Terriers

136. Bluetick Coonhounds

137. German Pinschers

138. Boykin Spaniels

139. Affenpinschers

140. Greyhounds

141. Field Spaniels

142. Scottish Deerhounds

143. Icelandic Sheepdogs

144. Beaucerons

145. Plotts

146. Entlebucher Mountain Dogs

147. Irish Red and White Setters

148. Kuvaszok

149. Ibizan Hounds

150. Irish Water Spaniels

151. Pharaoh Hounds

152. Lowchen

153. Swedish Vallhunds

154. Curly-Coated Retrievers

155. Xoloitzcuintli

156. Pulik

157. American Water Spaniels

158. Glen of Imaal Terriers

159. Polish Lowland Sheepdogs

160. Dandie Dinmont Terriers

161. Sussex Spaniels

162. Pyrenean Shepherds

163. Sealyham Terriers

164. Skye Terriers

165. Norwegian Buhunds

166. Komondorok

167. Finnish Spitz

168. Canaan Dogs

169. Otterhounds

170. Norwegian Lundehunds

171. English Foxhounds

172. Harriers

173. American Foxhounds

About Pets

A pet is an animal kept for companionship and enjoyment, as opposed to livestock, laboratory animals, working animals or sport animals, etc who are kept for economic reasons or to perform specific jobs. The most popular pets are noted for their loyal or playful characteristics, for their attractive appearance, for their song. Pets generally seem to provide their owners with non-trivial health benefits; keeping pets has been shown to help remove stress. [citation needed] There is now a medically approved class of 'therapy animals', mostly dogs, who are brought to visit confined humans (some illnesses, age related disabilities, etc). Walking a dog can also provide its owner (as well as the dog) with exercise, fresh air, and social.

While in theory any animal might be a pet, in practice, only a small number of species of mammals, especially dogs and cats, and other small animals, such as birds, are practical for several reasons. Fish have joined them more recently. Aside from the obvious (eg, elephants being unsuited for small apartments), which species are suited for being pets is less easy to understand.

One answer seems to be that a pet must either be so small or easily controlled that its own behavioral tendencies are irrelevant, or the animal must be actually domesticable. Examples of the former are such things as fish (eg, small ones, even including carnivorous ones such as piranha), or small reptiles.

A few animals are capable of adapting to human requirements sufficiently closely as to be said to be domesticable. Dogs are the classic example of domesticated animals normally suited to being pets. The domestic dog is quite similar to the wolf (from which they are descended, as established by genetic analysis), but their physical form and behavior are characteristically different than wild wolves, more than because of mere differences in size and coat and coloring. Typically, this involves a changes in head and eye shape, likely because this is more appealing to humans (an extreme example of this is the appearance of nearly all stuffed animals (e.g. Teddy Bears or the fictional Ewoks of the Star Wars movies). On the behavioral side, characteristic domestic changes in dogs include what is, in effect, a prolonged infancy, and oddly, barking. Wolves are far less playful and don't bark, but a very long term Russian project bred foxes for a few generations from captive wild animals and got barking foxes rather unexpectedly. Domestic cats appear to be less changed by their association with humans (again, aside from coloration and fur issues) in comparison.